International Polo
Club’s opening day rained out
By Alex Webbe
Storm bands interrupted a pleasant day at the International
Polo club on what was slated to be the club’s opening day as heavy rains doused
a noon contest between Palm Beach Illustrated (Jared Zenni, Tommy Collingwood,
Magoo Laprida and Facundo Obregon) and Coca-Cola (Gillian Johnston, Jeff Hall,
Julio Arellano and Nick Morrison).
Both teams had suffered defeats in semifinal play with Palm
Beach Illustrated falling to Villa Del Lago/Casablanca while Lechuza Caracas
squeaked past Coca-Cola 9-8.
Palm Beach Illustrated rushed out to a 6-3 lead after three
chukkers of play when a storm band drenched the fields. Both teams agreed that the fields were too
dangerous to continue and stopped play.
“Facundo (Obregon) was on fire, and everyone on the team was
playing well,†said Palm Beach Illustrated’s Tommy Collingwood. Collingwood played with the Coca-Cola team
last year that won the Pennell Cup and watched his handicap rise to 4-goals as
a result of his play.
“There’s not a selfish player on the team,†he added. “We’re all looking forward to our next
match.â€
Hopes were high for the 3PM title game between Villa Del
Lago (Jim Zenni, Agustin Obregon, Polito Pieres and Inaki Laprida) and Lechuza
Caracas (Victor Vargas, Mariano Gracida, Polito Pieres and Nico Espain), but
after the second rain band, the game was rescheduled to be played at noon on
Monday, January 6th.